Lessons & Document Based Questions

A. Independence and the American Revolution

Lessons

• Freehand Map of the Thirteen Colonies
• Using Important Documents in United States History
• Early Influences on George Washington
• Strengths Versus Weaknesses/American Versus British
• Uniforms of the American Revolution
• Columbian Exchange
• Colonial America: Geography and Culture

Document Based Questions

• Pre-Revolutionary Era
• Peril and Courage - The Mayflower Experience
• Locke's Social Contract and the Declaration of Independence
• American Revolution Prelude
• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Role of African Americans in American History 1770 - 1800
• The Two Sides of the Declaration of Independence
• Serving in the Continental Army
• Conditions at Valley Forge
• Articles of Confederation
• The Revolutionary War
• The French and Indian War

B. The Young Nation and Early Expansion

Lesson

• “Are We There Yet?” – Oregon Country, the Oregon Trail, & Manifest Destiny: 1840-1846
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Fever of 1793
  
• Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
• Marbury vs. Madison: An Introduction to Judicial Review
• The Jay Treaty
• Westward Expansion
• The Mexican War Political Cartoons
• Indian Removal
• Struggles of the Plains Indians
• War of 1812

Document Based Questions

• War of 1812
• Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
• Manifest Destiny: 1820-1860
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Hamilton and Jefferson
• Cotton and Slavery in America from the 1770s through the 1840s
• Sacajawea: Heroine in American History
• The Star-Spangled Banner
• Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists Views of the Constitution
• Causes for the War of 1812
• The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
• Manifest Destiny Justifies American Immigration into the West Mid 1800's
• The Mexican War
• The Jay Treaty
• American Culture
• The Trail of Tears
• The War With Mexico
• The Federalist Challenge to Civil Liberties: The Sedition Act of 1798
• Mexican War
• Texas Independence
• The Mexican War
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Westward Expansion
• U.S. Diplomacy With Native Americans
• The Bank War

C. Sectionalism and Reforms

Lessons

• Foreign Letters on American Slavery
• Women's Rights
• "Was it Something I Said?" - Multiple Causes of the Civil War
• American Industrial Revolution
• Waves of Immigrants in the Mid-1800's
• Abolitionists
• The Dred Scott Decision
• Farm Live vs. City Life and Social Classes

Document Based Questions

• Women’s Suffrage Movement
• Slavery and Sectionalism
• Slavery
• The Missouri Compromise and the Dred Scott Case
• The Struggle for Women's Suffrage
• The Dred Scott Case
• Comparison of Three Women: Angelina Grimke, Dorothea Dix, Sojourner Truth
• Emancipation
• Lowell Girls

D. The Civil War and Reconstruction

Lessons

• Women of the West
• John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
• The Port Royal Experiment
• John Brown - Abolitionist, Murderer or Martyr
• Personal Journal of the Civil War
  • Personal Journal of the Civil War Rubric
• The Civil War Amendments
• The Election of 1860
• 1864 Election
• Reconstruction Through Visual Images and Cartoons
• Scrapbooking My Role in the Civil War
• Civil War Female Spies
• Smithsonian Presentation - The Martyred President: Abraham Lincoln

Document Based Questions

• The American Cowboy
• The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
• Medical Practices on the Civil War Battlefield
• The Port Royal Experiment
• John Brown's Raid on Harper Ferry
• The Death of Abraham Lincoln
• "The Union is Dissolved!": Southern Secession, 1857-1860
• Reconstruction
• The Effects of Reconstruction 1876
• The Election of 1864
• The Opening Shots of the Civil War / Attack on Fort Sumter
• The Emancipation Proclamation: A Slave's Perspective
• The Significance of the Civil War Amendments
• The Impact of the Civil War
• Civil War Women Spies
• The Assassination of Lincoln

E. The Gilded Age and the Progressive Movement

Lessons

• Progressive Era Presidents
• Important People 1865-1899
• The Immigrant Rush to the New World 1880-1920
• Pullman - An Ideal Company Town
• The Newsies’ Strike of 1899
• The Election of 1912
• Immigration: What's Old is New Again
• The Gilded Age Character Skit
• The Bread and Roses Strike, 1912
• Ending Child Labor in early 20th Century
• Leaders in the Progressive Era
• The Great Chicago Fire
• The Triangle Factory Fire of 1911
• Child Labor
• Womens Suffrage Show and Tell
• Suffragists
• A Comparison of Populists and Progressives
• Women's Suffrage
• Progressive Era Presidents
  • Progressive Presidents Attachment
  • Answer Key

Document Based Questions

• Women's Suffrage
• Anti-Suffrage vs. Pro-Suffrage for Women
• The Meat Inspection Act of 1906
• The Effect of Industrialization on Urbanization
• Pullman - An Ideal Company Town
• Temperance
• The Newsboys Strike
• Improvement in the lives of African Americans 1865-1900
• Should There Be Child Labor Laws
• Prohibition
• The Election of 1896
• American Imperialism
• Women's Suffrage

F. The United States Becomes a World Power

Lessons

• Restrictions on Speech During Wartime
• Spanish American War
• Explosion of the USS Maine
• Leaders of World War I
• Songs of WWI
• Remembrance - In Flander's Field
  • Make Your Own Poppy
• Woodrow Wilson and His Quest for Post-WWI Peace
• U.S. Foreign Policy During the Age of Imperialism
• American Imperialism - Now and Then: A Comparison of the Spanish-American War and the War with Iraq
• World War I Propaganda Posters
• Propaganda Techniques in World War I and Today
• The Christmas Truce
• DBQ Analysis Skills for the AP Exam Based on World War I
• World War I Photo Analysis
• World War I Power Point Project

Document Based Questions

• Over the course of time, what has the Statue of Liberty come to symbolize?
• The Spanish American War
• The Ghost Dance 1890: Should You Dance?
• Sioux Victory Over General Custer
• Restrictions on Speech During Wartime
• The Conflict over U.S. Imperialism 1876-1920
• Causes of World War I
• The Christmas Truce
• The Contributions of Women During World War I
• The Spanish-American War
• The Validity of the Views of the Pacifists in World War I
• Causes of World War I
• The Spanish American War
• Ways the U.S. tried to stay out of World War I
• Civil Liberties in the Wilson Era
• American Neutrality in World War I
• World War I - Why these events changed Wilson's mind about war.

G. 1920’s and 1930’s

Lessons

Lessons

• Prohibition and Al Capone
• Childrens' Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt
• Prohibition
• Patriotic Music of the Great Depression
• FDR's Alphabet Soup
• FDR: The Alphabet Soup President
• The 1920's
• Labor Strife Between the World Wars
  • Labor Strife Power Point

Document Based Questions

• Childrens' Letters to Mrs Roosevelt
• Al Capone
• The New Deal and The Great Depression
• The 1920s
• How Do Social Issues of the 1920's Compare to Current Issues Today?

H. World War II

Lessons

• Celebrate Freedom
• Picturing History: Soldiers of World War II
• Dr. Seuss Looks at World War II
• World War II Homefront Ad Campaigns
• Women in World War II
• The Beginning of the Atomic Age - Ending World War II With a Bang
• The Evolution of the Assault Amphibious Vehicle
• Women in World War II
• Farewell To Manzanar
• World War II Homefront
• Blame for Pearl Harbor

Document Based Questions

• World War II Homefront
• Japanese-American Internment Camps
• The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Japanese Internment
• The Women Airforce Service Pilots
• The Roles of Women in World War II
• World War II Propaganda
• Women in World War II
• World War II Homefront
• Blame for Pearl Harbor

I. The Cold War

Lessons

• The Cold War: Fear Factor
• The Cold War
• Reagan and the Cold War
• Cold War Propaganda
• The Cold War
• The Mariel Boatlift
• Cold War Movie Maker
• Meet the Men of the Cold War
• Newspaper Project - the 1950s

Document Based Questions

• THe Cold War: Was the U.S. in Danger of a Nuclear Attack in the 1950's?
• The Chosin Reservoir
• The Fall of Joseph McCarthy
• The Rosenberg Case
• The Mariel Boatlift
• Cold War Propaganda in the Vietnam Era
• Reagan and the Cold War
• Joseph McCarthy On Trial
• The 1950s
• The Cold War - Doctrine of Containment
• Mission to the Moon
• Joseph McCarthy

J. An Era of Turbulence - Civil Rights, Revolutions and Vietnam

Lessons

• 1960's Revolutions
• Dr. King and Malcolm X
• Vietnam Draft and Civil Liberties (Accompanying Presentation)
• The Vietnam War Anti-Draft Movement
• Watergate
• All Men Are Created Equal (Civil Rights)
• The Civil Rights Movement
• The Vietnam War Oral Histories
• The Vietnam War
• Civil Rights Pioneers
• Candidates for the American History Hall of Fame
• JFK Assassination

Document Based Questions

• Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
• Social Movements and Events of the 1960s and 70s
• Draft Dodger
• The Pentagon Papers
• The War Powers Resolution
• Watergate
• The Equal Rights Amendment
• The Assassination of JFK
• The Vietnam War
• The Vietnam War Anti-draft Movement
• The 70s Oil Crisis
• All Men Are Created Equal

K. The Technology Revolution and the Changing World

Lessons

• The Apollo Missions
• 9/11 Front Page

Document Based Questions

• The Marines of Iraqi Freedom 2003

L. Activities Not Specific to a Historical Period

Lessons

• Personalities of Key Historical Figures
• Turning Points in History - Colonization to the War with Mexico
• 1950's-1990's Album Cover Analysis
• We Are Outa Here
• Supreme Court Landmark Cases
• Its All In The Numbers
• Hey, Lets go to France - 1783-1973
• Analyzing Campaign Posters 1948-2008
• Civics and Government Middle School Lesson
• The P.I.E.S. Approach to Studying History

Document Based Questions

• Ybor City - A Worker's Paradise?

Virtual Field Trips

• Arlington National Cemetery
• Entering the Cold War via the Space Race (National Air and Space Museum)
• Lexington and Concord
• Early Expansion - Jefferson's Vision for America
• The Gilded Age Architecture
• Abraham Lincoln's Life
• The Frederick Douglass House
• Auschwitz
• Let's Go to Washington, D.C.!
• In Search of Our Founding Fathers' Rebellion
• Encounter: Washington D.C.
• Washington D.C.
• Lewis Puller - A Marine's Marine

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